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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown walks by the media as he arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Friday June 20, 2008.
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 The Guardian 
PM's plea to G8 on world poverty
| Rich nations must not abandon action to tackle climate change and world poverty in the face of the credit crunch, Gordon Brown has warned fellow G8 leaders. | Amid campaigners' fears next week's sum... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo)
Newly-elected Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, center, Lebanese Parliament speaker Nabih Berri, center-right, and outgoing Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, left, give a farewell to Qatar's emir, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, not pictured, as he departs from the airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 26, 2008.
Coalition   Hezbollah   Lebanon   Photos   Qatar  
 BBC News 
Lebanon 'set to announce cabinet'
| Lebanon is reported to be on the verge of announcing the formation of a new government, following months of political deadlock. | The breakthrough, if confirmed, ends weeks of arguments over cabinet... (photo: AP / Mahmoud Tawil)
Trucks head out for the day's deliveries of gas at the Shell Oil terminal in Portland,  The Guardian 
Oil pauses near record over $145, U.S. holiday ahead
* Oil holds near record above $145, up 50 pct this year * Dollar inches up after U.S. jobs data, ECB rate hike * Iran-Israel tension supports prices SINGAPORE, July 4 (Reuters) - Oil steadied above $1... (photo: AP / Don Ryan)
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A passer-by walks past an electronic stock board in downtown Tokyo, Wednesday afternoon, May 21, 2008  The Guardian 
Nikkei edges down, sentiment remains gloomy
(Adds stocks, details) *Nikkei takes aim at 12-day losing streak, longest since 1954 *High-tech shares slide after falls in U.S. peers *Trade thin, U.S. markets closed By Elaine Lies TOKYO, July 4 (Re... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., makes a brief statement with his wife Cindy, left, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. The Guardian
McCain: Staff shake-up part of 'natural evolution'
| By BETH FOUHY | Associated Press Writer | MEXICO CITY (AP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday that a shake-up in the leadership of his campai... (photo: AP / LM Otero)
Election   Mexico   Photos   Politics   US  
IRAQ OIL The Times Of India
Oil pauses near record over $145, US holiday ahead
|                 SINGAPORE: Oil steadied above $145 a barrel on Friday as the United States heads into the Independence Day ... (photo: AP / Nabil al-Jurani)
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 Saudi Arabia´s King Abdullah, left, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, in OPEC The Times Of India
Venezuela calls on OPEC to subsidize oil for poor countries
|                 CARACAS: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday called on the OPEC cartel to absorb the costs of the ... (photo: AP File/ Hasan Sarbakhshian)
Caracas   Oil   Opec   Photos   Venezuela  
President Robert Mugabe, center, speaks during his tour of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Friday, April, 25, 2008. International Herald Tribune
U.S. pushes UN sanctions on Zimbabwe and Mugabe
| : Seeking to force President Robert Mugabe into negotiations with the opposition, the United States on Thursday formally proposed United Nations Security Council sancti... (photo: AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Election   Photos   Politics   Slideshow   UN   Zimbabwe  
 Supporters of Pakistan´s ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif celebrate Pakistan´s Supreme Court´s decision in favor of the former leader, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Sharif can return to Pakistan from exile, the Supr Dawn
PML-N distances itself from oil price decision
| By Amir Wasim | ISLAMABAD, July 3: The Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) on Thursday distanced itself from the government’s recent decisions of increasing prices of petr... (photo: AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)
Fuel   Market   Pakistan   Photos   Politics  
 President George W. Bush delivers a statement to the media regarding the health of White House Press Secretary Tony Snow Tuesday, March 27, 2007, in the Rose Garden. (gm1)   International Herald Tribune
Bush to attend opening ceremony in Beijing
| : The White House said Thursday that President George W. Bush would attend the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics next month, a decision fraught with internatio... (photo: White House/Joyce Boghosian )
Asia   China   Olympics   Photos   US  
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announces the biggest overhaul of financial regulation since the Great Depression, Monday, March 31, 2008, at the Treasury Department in Washington. The Independent
Paulson predicts US economy will pick up by end of the year
| The US Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson, signalled yesterday that the worst may soon be over for the American economy. | As the price of a barrel of oil tested fresh h... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
Business   Economy   Market   Photos   US  
 A Russian police officer walks along a wall, left, as a British security officer, right, guards the British Embassy building in Moscow on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006. Andrei Lugovoi, a key witness in the radiation poisoning case of former Russian agent Alexa The Times
Russia rated UK's biggest threat after al-Qaeda and Iran
| Britain's security services have identified Russia as the third most serious threat facing the country, it has emerged before Gordon Brown's first meeting with Presiden... (photo: AP/Misha Japaridze)
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- Turkish businessman among four arrested in coup probe
- 'Many killed' in Syrian jail riot
- Iran inflation tops 26 per cent
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- Colombia's continuing hostage pain
- Colombia Defense Minister Denies Paying Ransom
- Colombia releases video of jungle rescue
- Colombia military shows video of hostage handover
Colombia's Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos, center, announces that Colombia's military has rescued former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, three U.S. military contractors and 11 other hostages from leftist rebels at a press conference in Bogota, Wednesday, July 2, 2008.
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- Film seen to show Zimbabwe vote rigged
- Peacekeepers Try to Tread Lightly
- African Leaders Disagree On AU Govt
- Roadside Bomb Kills Govt Official, Soldiers
- African Civil Groups Intensify Campaign to Pressure Mugabe
- Health Workers Call Off Strike
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- Nelson's son breaks ankle after night of alcohol
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- 81% say Australians have a binge-drinking culture
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81% say Australians have a binge-drinking culture
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- Discrimination on the catwalks
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- UN awards 155 RP peacekeepers in Haiti for 'dedication&#
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- Cubans using Mexico as springboard to U.S.
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UN honors Pinoy troops serving in Haiti
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